The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood was the first Amicus anthology movie that I had the chance to see. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are both in this, and that is what initially made me interested. I love the frame story set up, and this is one of my favorite that I've seen from Amicus.

This looks a lot like a Hammer film, except that it is set in modern times. Have fun watching this thuroughly enjoyable film.

Director: 
Peter Duffell


Writer:
Robert Bloch
Russ Jones

Studio:
Amicus Productions


Cast:
Christopher Lee........John Reid
Peter Cushing...........Philip Grayson
John Pertwee...........Paul Henderson
Ingrid Pitt................Carla Lind
John Bryans.............A.J. Stoker

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Tales From the Crypt

Tales From the Crypt is another Amicus anthology. If you remember the series from the 1990s, all I can say is this is nothing like that. Though, you will find the Christmas story from the first episode of the series as one of the stories in this film. The crypt keeper looks like a man, as opposed to a rotting corpse, and he doesn't keep throwing out puns. This is a fun movie though.

Enjoy.

From Beyond the Grave

Anybody that isn't familiar with Amicus may be fooled into believing that their films are actually Hammer films. They very much resemble what Hammer was doing at the time. Amicus, however, specialized in anthology films. They are frame stories where one character is usually tellig 1 or more other characters about events that had happened. Creep Show is an anthology. In From Beyond the Grave, the main story revolves around a shop owner (Peter Cushing) that keeps getting screwed over by customers in one way or another. Rest assured that they all get what's coming to them.

The Amicus productions are something to check out if you haven't seen them. I have yet to find one of their anthologies that I didn't find entertaining.

Here is From Beyond the Grave.